Jefferies Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 86
Buckinghamshire 13
Berkshire 64
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 24
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 4
Devon 19
Dorset 5
Durham 3
Essex 57
Gloucestershire 301
Hampshire 36
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 9
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 2
Isle of Man 0
Kent 13
Lancashire 22
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 3
London 217
Middlesex 15
Northumberland 7
Norfolk 34
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 17
Oxfordshire 19
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 2
Shropshire 24
Suffolk 39
Somerset 277
Surrey 8
Sussex 20
Staffordshire 46
Warwickshire 60
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 334
Worcestershire 64
Yorkshire 10

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 2
Denbighshire 15
Flintshire 2
Glamorgan 9
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Jefferies Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Jefferies family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 287
Agricultural Labourer 87
Labourer 44
House Servant 41
At Home 26
Dress Maker 17
Servant 17
Annuitant 16
Laundress 15
General Servant 12
Farm Labourer 12
Shoe Maker 12
Tailor 12
Farmers Son 10
Wife Of Above 10
House Keeper 10
Coal Miner 9
Carpenter 8
Pauper 8
Blacksmith 8
Errand Boy 8
Shoe Binder 7
Butcher 7
Grocer 6
Pauper Scholar 6

Most Frequent Forenames for Jefferies

Name Census Frequency
William Jefferies 1,510
Mary Jefferies 1,406
John Jefferies 1,163
Elizabeth Jefferies 963
Sarah Jefferies 885
George Jefferies 867
Thomas Jefferies 783
James Jefferies 556
Charles Jefferies 555
Henry Jefferies 524
Ann Jefferies 495
Alice Jefferies 398
Eliza Jefferies 383
Joseph Jefferies 382
Jane Jefferies 376
Annie Jefferies 366
Ellen Jefferies 361
Frederick Jefferies 351
Albert Jefferies 346
Emma Jefferies 328
Alfred Jefferies 314
Robert Jefferies 313
Emily Jefferies 310
Edward Jefferies 309
Arthur Jefferies 280

Jefferies Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Jefferies 100% 25,339
2 Jeffries 89% 22,848
3 Jefferys 78% 4,487
4 Jefferis 89% 3,716
5 Jeffers 78% 2,853
6 Jeffereys 78% 988
7 Jiffers 67% 415
8 Jefferes 89% 303
9 Jeffres 78% 288
10 Jeffris 78% 237
11 Jeffories 89% 190
12 Jeffires 78% 184
13 Jafferies 89% 162
14 Jeffreis 67% 130

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